US5105398A - Three hands type clock with belt drive - Google Patents

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US5105398A
US5105398A US07/689,719 US68971991A US5105398A US 5105398 A US5105398 A US 5105398A US 68971991 A US68971991 A US 68971991A US 5105398 A US5105398 A US 5105398A
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Tsuyoshi Hayakawa
Satoru Yamauchi
Junichi Aizawa
Yukio Funahara
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/04—Hands; Discs with a single mark or the like
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/02—Back-gearing arrangements between gear train and hands

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  • the present invention relates to a structure of a three hands type clock in which a second hand shaft which carries a second hand and is disposed separately relative to hour and minute hand shafts which respectively carry, hour and minute hands.
  • a three hand type wristwatch in which a second hand shaft which carries a second hand and is disposed separately relative to hour and minute hand shafts which respectively carry hour and minute hands, has heretofore been constructed such that the hour and minute hands are disposed separately from the second hand on the same dial, and power is transmitted to the hour and minute hands as well as to the second hand through a train wheel structure inside a single watch movement.
  • the two indication portions are free from the limitation in the mutual positional relationship, so the degree of freedom in clock design is improved.
  • cost is increased due to the need of using two clock movements, and a discrepancy may occur in time indications because of difference in basic frequencies of quartz crystals between the two movements.
  • an object of the present invention to provide a structure of a three hands type timepiece, such as a clock, in which the spacing between the position of the hour and minute hands and the position of a second hand can freely be adjusted in the process of design, and the problem of cost is alleviated.
  • the present invention is characterized by the following features: a movement for driving a second hand shaft is provided with a first rotating wheel driven by the movement;
  • hour and minute hand shafts are respectively provided with an hour hand gear and a minute hand pinion which operatively interlock through a minute wheel;
  • a transmission belt is provided between the first rotating wheel and a second rotating wheel interlocked to the minute hand shaft.
  • FIG. 1 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line I--I in FIG. 2, of one embodiment
  • FIG. 2 is a front view
  • FIG. 3 is a front view showing another embodiment
  • FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of FIG. 3,
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged front view, partly sectioned, of an essential part
  • FIG. 6 is a side view, partly sectioned, of FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 1 a front frame (dial receiver) 2 and a rear frame 3 are oppositely disposed within an outer peripheral frame 1 with a certain spacing therebetween as determined by a support post portion 4a provided integrally with an intermediate frame 4.
  • a clock movement 5 is fixed to the back surface of the rear frame 3, and a second hand 7 is fixed to the distal end of a second hand shaft 6 rotatively driven by the movement 5.
  • a gear 9 comprising a first rotating wheel is fixedly fitted over a shaft 8 corresponding to a minute hand shaft rotatively driven by the movement 5 at a reduced speed.
  • another gear 10 as comprising a second rotating wheel is fixedly fitted over a shaft 11 journalled to the rear frame 3 and the intermediate plate 4. Accordingly, the gear 10 is interlocked to rotate at the same speed as the gear 9 through a transmission belt 12.
  • a minute hand wheel 13 is fixed through a bushing 11a to the shaft 11 interlocked with the gear 10.
  • the minute hand wheel 13 has a minute hand shaft 13a, and a minute hand 14 is fixed to the minute hand shaft 13a.
  • a minute wheel 15 is in mesh with a minute hand pinion 13c formed on the minute hand wheel 13
  • an hour hand gear 16b is in mesh with the minute wheel 15, the hour hand gear 16b being formed on an hour hand shaft 16a of an hour hand wheel 16 mounted coaxially with the minute hand wheel.
  • An hour hand 17 is fixed to the hand gear. It is a matter of course that the second hand 7, the minute hand 14 and the hour hand 17 are positioned over the front surface of a dial 18 bonded to the front frame 2.
  • the second hand 7 is rotatively driven by the clock movement 5 for second indications.
  • the torque of the gear 9 fixedly fitted over the shaft corresponding to the minute hand shaft is transmitted to the gear 10 through the transmission belt 12 for minute indication by the minute hand 14, whereas the torque is transmitted from the minute hand wheel 13 to the hour hand wheel 16, while being reduced in speed through the minute wheel 15, for hour indication by the hour hand 17.
  • a front cover 103 is held between a front frame 101 and a rear frame 102 so that a time-indicating section 104 is defined between the front cover 103 and the rear frame 102.
  • a ring-like dial 105 containing time indicia for hour and minute hands 107 and 108 is disposed in the upper portion of the time-indicating section 104, and another dial 106 containing time indicia for a second hand 109 is disposed in the lower position thereof spaced from the dial 105.
  • the hour hand 107 and minute hand 108 driven by a drive mechanism are provided forwardly at the center of the dial 106 in a rotatable manner, whereas the second hand 109 is provided forwardly at the center of the dial 106 in a rotatable manner too.
  • the second hand 109 is driven by a movement 111, and a transmission unit 110 for driving the hour hand 107 and the minute hand 108 by the movement 111 is constructed as described later.
  • the transmission unit 110 is encased within an elongate auxiliary case comprised of front and rear cases 110a and 110b, and the auxiliary case is fitted in a tubular portion 102a disposed in the rear frame 102, and an ornament 102b is attached to the front edge of the tubular portion 102a.
  • the rear case 100b of the transmission unit 110 is connected to the front surface of a movement case 111a of the movement 111.
  • the front case 110a and the rear case 110a and the rear case 110b are disposed opposite to each other, and a second hand shaft 112 and a drive shaft 113 both driven by the movement 111 project into the rear case 110b.
  • the distal end of the second hand shaft 112 further projects forward through the front case 110a, and the second hand 109 is fitted over the projected distal end of the second hand shaft 112.
  • the drive shaft 113 over which a minute hand has been fitted, is rotatively driven by the second hand shaft 112 at a reduced speed, and a belt wheel 114 comprising a first rotating wheel is fixedly fitted over the drive shaft 113.
  • a belt wheel 114 comprising a first rotating wheel is fixedly fitted over the drive shaft 113.
  • another belt wheel 115a comprising a second rotating wheel is formed integrally with a minute hand shaft 115.
  • the minute hand shaft 115 is rotatably supported on the lower case 110b, and a minute hand pinion 115b is formed integrally on the minute hand shaft 115.
  • An hour hand gear 116a is integrally formed with the hour hand shaft 116 rotatably fitted over the minute hand shaft 115.
  • a shaft 117 is disposed to project forward from the rear case 110b, and a minute wheel 118 is rotatably fitted over the shaft 117.
  • the minute wheel 118 is in mesh with the minute hand pinion 115b and a minute pinion 118a is in mesh with the hour hand gear 116a, thereby jointly constituting a train wheel for reduction speed.
  • a transmission belt 119 extends between the first rotating wheel 114 and the second rotating wheel 115a, so that the the minute hand shaft 115 is driven at the same rotational speed as the drive shaft 113, i.e., at a rotational speed with which the minute hand shaft 115 is rotated once per 60 minutes.
  • the minute hand shaft 115 and the hour hand shaft 116 have their distal ends projecting forward through the front case 110a, with the minute hand 108 and the hour hand 107 fitted over the respective projected distal ends.
  • the rear case 110b has its lower end portion serving as a connecting portion 110c which is positioned in contact with the front surface of the case 111a for the movement 111.
  • the auxiliary case 110a, 110b is connected to the movement 111 by means of screws 120 penetrating through the connecting portion 110c.
  • the rear case 110b also has extending portion 110d extending downward from the connecting portion 110c and, as shown in FIG. 4, both the transmission unit 110 and the movement 111 are fixed together to the rear frame 102 by means of set screws 121 penetrating through the extending portion 110d.
  • a movement cover 122 for covering the movement 111 is connected to the rear frame 102.
  • the second hand 109 is rotatively driven by the movement 111 for second indication.
  • the torque of the first rotating wheel 114 fixedly fitted over the drive shaft 113 rotatively driven by power of the movement 111, is transmitted through the transmission belt 119 to the second rotating wheel 115a that is integral with the minute hand shaft 115 spaced from the second hand shaft 112, for minute indication by the minute hand 108.
  • the torque is transmitted from the minute hand pinion 115b to the hour hand gear 116a, while being reduced in speed through the minute wheel 118, for hour indication by the hour hand 107.
  • components of the mechanism for transmitting power from the movement to the minute and hour hands are housed together in the upper and lower cases to constitute the transmission unit which is then connected to the movement, with the result that the construction is simplified and the efficiency of assembly is significantly improved.
  • the present invention constituted as described above can provide the following effects. While allowing hour and minute time information to be indicated separately from the second time information on the same dial using a single movement, cost is held at a reasonable level, the number of parts used is not increased, and reliability is not deteriorated. In addition, since the second-indicating position and the hour and minute-indicating positions are interlocked through a transmission belt, the spacing between both the time-indicating positions can freely be set to improve the degree of freedom in clock design.

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JP62241397A JPS6483185A (en) 1987-09-25 1987-09-25 Structure of three hand type timepiece
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JP63-112254 1988-08-27
JP11225488U JPH0541426Y2 (de) 1988-08-27 1988-08-27

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